written

Other forms of written

comparative

writtenner·

superlative

writtennest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about written

What does written mean?

written means "set down in writing in any of various ways". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in written?

written has 2 syllables: writ-ten. The stress falls on "writ". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪtən/.

What is another word for written?

Close synonyms include scripted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of written?

The recorded antonyms are spoken, unwritten.

Is written a common word?

written is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with written?

1 word rhymes with written. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.